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From: Year of Wonder, by Geraldine Brooks
The Bradford's son is a rake-shamed, drunken fanfarroon who fortunately stayed in mostly in London.
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must be related to fanfaronade, which is empty boasting or bluster
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but not at all related to gonfalon which nonetheless goes merrily flapping in the breeze...
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gonfalon bubble
Nor granfalloon, neither.
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I found several sites supporting tsuwm's opinion. It is from French "fanfaron"/ Rember the Scots used to have close ties to France.
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fanfaron Also 7 fanfaroone, -rrone, 8 -ran, 9 -roon. [Fr. fanfaron, f. fanfare.] 1. A blusterer, boaster, braggart.
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fanfaron Also 7 fanfaroone, -rrone, 8 -ran, 9 -roon. [Fr. fanfaron, f. fanfare.]
Also a Fan f'ron, obviously :)
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a Fan f'ron, obviously Me too, me too! Oh, mav, I cannot tell you how delighted I am to see you posting here again. HUG!!!
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I have checked the italian fanfara ( french fanfare), meaning military musical band, made mostly by brasses, so that a fanfarone is someone making a lot of noise (about himself)
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Geraldine Brooks appears to really like this word. She also used it in Caleb's Crossing: "He would have his musket-wielding fanfarroons from the mainland cross here."
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